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Archdiocese of Ravenna

Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia
Archidioecesis Ravennatensis-Cerviensis
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Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Ravenna-Cervia
Statistics
Area 1,185 km2 (458 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
229,403
210,500 (est.) (91.8%)
Parishes 89
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1st century
Cathedral Cattedrale di Risurrezione di N.S. Gesù Cristo (Ravenna)
Co-cathedral Cattedrale di S. Pietro (Cervia)
Secular priests 86 (diocesan)
29 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni
Emeritus Bishops Giuseppe Verucchi
Website
www.ravenna-cervia.chiesacattolica.it

The Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia (Latin: Archidioecesis Ravennatensis-Cerviensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

The cathedral of the archdiocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Resurrection of Our Lord in Ravenna; the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Cervia is the co-cathedral of the archdiocese.

The current Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, November 17, 2012, is Lorenzo Ghizzoni.

The Archdiocese of Ravenna was a Roman Catholic diocese in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The archdiocese was erected in the 1st century as a diocese, and was elevated to an archdiocese in the 5th century. Among its famous archbishops are Saint Peter Chrysologus, a Doctor of the Church, and Saint Guido Maria Conforti, who was canonized as a saint in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. The early medieval Ravenna papyri form an important record from the church's chancery between the 5th and 10th century.


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